A time when I tried to change my behavior is when I attempted to
quit smoking. It was really difficult because I had been doing it for so
long. It’s funny when I actually started smoking I would only smoke
cigars and then out of convenience I switched over to cigarettes. I
think changing your behavior starts with your mind. When I
attempted to quit smoking my body had a physical reaction to it as
well. Even now I smoke basically on the same schedule, so I would say
you need to change your habits. You also have to think about the
environment you are in and the people you are around. Sometimes to
stop one bad behavior you may have to look at another behavior and
change that as well, for example I chain smoke when I am drinking
alcohol. So if I am trying to cut back on smoking, maybe I shouldn’t
drink as much or as often. I also think determination is an important
part of it, hey you may have some days that are worse than others but
you have to keep the end goal in mind and keep on pushing towards
it.
